The Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet plays original jazz compositions by Guggenheim fellow and Doris Duke Performing Artist Award winner composer/alto saxophonist Rudresh K. Mahanthappa. Current projects include Bird Calls: The Charlie Parker Project, as well as CMA New Jazz Works Commission Gamak. Bird Calls was named 2015 jazz album of the year by both NPR Music and Downbeat Magazine. Rudresh was also named 2015 Alto Saxophonist of the year by the Downbeat International Critics Poll. Bird Calls toured extensively 2015-2017. Rudresh's latest project is the CMA New Jazz Works Commission "Agrima" for the Indo-Pak Coalition Trio. Please visit Indo-Pak's page on the CMA website.